Purported copy of Halo 3 sells on eBay

by Justin McElroy { Sep 11th 2007 at 8:35AM }

We're not sure if that thing you see above is an actual copy of Halo 3 that somehow slipped out to a member of the general public. Admittedly, it looks real enough, but science was able to fake a moon landing 40 years ago, so you can just imagine what they're capable of now. What we do know, however, was that somebody bought the contents of the image above for AU $149 (about $123 USD).

The other thing that makes this feel authentic is the price. The first bidder bought the thing outright, and the seller likely could have fetched twice what he got. So why put a limit on the auction, unless you don't know how valuable your item is?

[Via Megatonik. Thanks, Zizzy]

Tags: ebay, halo3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

the_game_master @ Sep 11th 2007 8:40AM

For that fellow's sake, he better night sign on to Xbox Live with the game or he'll get banned for eternalty.

Jason @ Sep 11th 2007 8:45AM

Uh, I hope you're not serious about the moon landing being faked.. it was only hip to think that in 1999. But we really did make it to the moon.

Scott @ Sep 11th 2007 10:37AM

Welcome to Joystiq! They make jokes here.

hvnlyspamr @ Sep 11th 2007 9:20AM

No, they only try to.

Justin McElroy @ Sep 11th 2007 9:22AM

Jason-

I think you may be pot high. The "moon landing" was conducted in a trailer in New Mexico, far from the eyes of a pryi...

You know what? I was going to really put some energy into this comment, but then I decided against it. If you thought I was attempting to be "controversial" by talking about a moon landing everybody knows happened, you are literally too stupid to be reading this site. I want you to leave.

Joystiq is populated by some of the funniest readers and commenters, not to mention some of the most talented writers that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. If the free news with a humorous slant doesn't make you laugh so hard that you spray Chee-toh crumbs over your two-sizes too small Sailor Moon T-shirt, I'm so terribly sorry.

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the Kennedy assassination (spoiler alert: It was Castro!),

Justin

P.S. We deleted your more annoying comments because we run a big, popular gaming site and we don't want the readers we like to have to slog through them to read people capable of thought. Also, because we can.

Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Sep 11th 2007 9:25AM

oh justin mcelroy, you so crazy!

Jason @ Sep 11th 2007 9:38AM

hey, justin. i'm glad you did end up putting "energy" into that comment. i am saying that your opinion is lame and even if that wasn't somehow funny (jokes usually have punch lines), it wouldn't be very entertaining to read either. game news is the lamest place for a didactic tone.

and why are you censoring my comments? just so people know what you're responding to:

"and evidently, not very clever/funny ones. oh, tee hee, the moon
landing is faked! yeah that stopped being controversial six years
ago."

just because you can? what are you, four?

Justin McElroy @ Sep 11th 2007 9:40AM

No, I am not four. But I am rubber. Which, because of your glue-like properties is most unfortunate.

Jason @ Sep 11th 2007 9:43AM

no, really, thats a terrible excuse to go deleting my comments. you also deleted a few other people's comments like hvnlyspamr's. to save space? god for bid we go to page 2!

Christopher Grant @ Sep 11th 2007 9:52AM

Glad you asked Jason. Your comments were deleted because they did not help the discussion at all and were, above all, obnoxious to a fault. Now you've been banned for being beyond obnoxious and wasting our time. hvnlyspamr was similarly banned for inciting confusion in the comments for his own sick pleasure. Your right to share your opinions here is not absolute and we will (and look, we have!) revoke that privilege.

Cheers!

Dick @ Sep 11th 2007 10:11AM

The Moon landing was faked. Look at all the youTube footage of men being yanked around on some rocky gray soundstage with a spotlight for a sun.

Never mind the van allen belts - radiation which will kill anything passing through it.

Never mind the footage of them faking as though the earth is many miles away, when in fact, they were in low orbit.

Never mind.

hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 10:01AM

Justin McElroy, your funny article and replies earns you another week on the 'stiq. Thanks Christopher Grant for banning hvnlyspamr. I could sort of take him mocking me but he took it so far.

Jason @ Sep 11th 2007 10:07AM

Yeah, that sounds like a lame excuse to ban me because i'm criticizing an editor. hell, it wasn't even derogatory. it was my opinion, which, you took too seriously. GRANTED's comment sure has nothing to do with the topic (except the astronomy topic i was on):

"mars rover. cassini probe (moons of saturn have ice on them--or at least on of them does). voyager and pioneer left our solar system. there's no chance of finding evidence of life on the moon. so there's not much reason to go back."

what a great idea! let's discourage discussion by telling people exactly what they can talk about. because the internet doesn't have the capacity to handle two topics at one time.

Christopher Grant @ Sep 11th 2007 10:13AM

You seriously don't get it. Don't come into our house and crap on the floor. You're banned again. Next time, i'll ban your IP.

groovy guy @ Sep 11th 2007 10:22AM

I don't really care if I get banned here, but you guys need to look at what you are creating.

Freedom of speech is, actually, a right, and you guys are not above it. You have every right to ban someone from your private little space here on the internets, but you may want to consider the image you are putting forth to the rest of the community.

To automatically ban someone because they come in and personally disagree with you? Kotaku pulls this, and it doesn't make them look very good either.

The internet is supposed to be our new space to prove as a civilization that we are capable of policing ourselves, and acting responsibly with each other. Where we all grow-up and remember that every one of our actions has real-life consequences for those we surround ourselves with.

It's disturbing to see that with the rise in popularity of sites like yours and Kotaku and others, that an arrogance of the elites has started to weed it's way into OUR community. You don't own the internet, and you never, ever, will have the right to police it the way only you see fit.

" Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
-Abraham Lincoln

Lookiing forward to your response guys, let's try to nip this problem in the bud eh?

:)

Christopher Grant @ Sep 11th 2007 10:32AM

groovy guy, thanks for not being a jerk like Jason. as you undoubtedly know, we don't ban people lightly and never just for disagreeing with us. Jason didn't understand a joke and then was too stupid/stubborn/whatever to give it up and go away. Every second we spend responding to comments like his is a COLOSSAL waste of time. If they continue to go off, we'll ban them. They're free to start new email accounts but if they continue to be jerks after that, we'll just ban their IP. Again, we do these as last resorts, not as a matter of fact.

And I strenuously disagree with the idea that this is a freedom of speech concern. This is a privately run site with a lengthy Terms of Service (linked at the bottom of every page). We are not obligated to let every Tom, Dick, and Harry post whatever they want, especially if they use the opportunity to insult us. And with that, I'll have to delete any other comment that discusses this topic instead of the topic of the post itself. Here, I'll start it up again!

Halo 3 on eBay? Well, the guy does have 32 positive feedbacks, so maybe it's legit ...

Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Sep 11th 2007 10:35AM

but they're not banning people for disagreeing with them. they are banning people for being disruptive and having nothing of importance to say. bitching about how much you hate joystiq ON joystiq is not adding to the conversation, it is being disruptive for no reason. If you hate joystiq, why be on joystiq in the first place?

groovy guy @ Sep 11th 2007 10:52AM

Grant,

As I stated in my reply I am aware of the privitization of the internet. I'm just wondering if we can all transport ourselves back to the mid 90's, and try to remember what those who were webmasters had tried to forge.

This is a sad day, it seems, for the last safe haven.

I just hope that this is a localized event, and not something that will span the internet in its entirety.

Marty @ Sep 11th 2007 11:01AM

LOL, freedom of speech is not a right when you're visiting a privately owned and run website - it is a privilege. If you cannot handle yourself here, then leave, simple as that.

Sometimes, I wish the internet didn't have so many idiots on it... but then I guess it'd be a pretty empty place. :D

Neon Jebus @ Sep 11th 2007 11:03AM

Since Groovy Guy decided to bring up how Kotaku isn't cool for doing this I would like to counter that with why I always welcome the banhammer.

The people at Kotaku make it clear, dip into tool territory and you will be banned. If that warning makes me think twice before I post some garbage than I welcome it. I would welcome the same here at Joystiq. If my argument is constructive and not flaming for the sake of causing a scene I'm as safe there as I am here.

I think this was more an issue of not showing a shred of respect for the writers of this site. There is no reason for that, if you don't like Justin's jokes, move a long. Don't be rude post after post. I for one like most of the jokes from most of the writers. Except Ludwig, I've yet to see anything constructive from THAT slacker!

Marty @ Sep 11th 2007 11:11AM

Somewhere, Ludwig is lurking with his Banhammer out right now... searching the cloudy mist for Neon Jebus.

Neon Jebus @ Sep 11th 2007 11:49AM

Dead Horse, I would like you to meet Mr. Stick.

Vegnagun @ Sep 11th 2007 1:36PM

Justin crits Jason for 5k!

Liquid @ Sep 11th 2007 2:03PM

You banned hvnlyspmr? I loved that guy. The entire reason he created the handle was to point out how much hvnlysoldr spams comment threads. I mean, how many times did the guy write "Pirates wear eye patches for night vision". What contribution has that made to any article?

Compared to other threads I really don't see what Jason did wrong. Obviously the guy didn't get the joke, does that warrant the editor's harsh reply?

hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:54PM

I only started it to spread Mythbusters tests. In my last 300 comments I haven't used it unless specifically asked to do so. I've been trying to cut back on it and mindless flaming.

Slaziman @ Sep 11th 2007 5:13PM

Yeah let's let every dumbass post garbage and clog the comment section to "prove ourselves as a civilization"

Come on.

And hvnlysoldr is funny. And he makes mario hats for everyone.

xXFenixKnight13Xx @ Sep 11th 2007 8:44AM

Lucky SOB!!! Yeah he would be an idiot to try and play online. Disable your Live Auto Sign-in dude and just ck out the campaign for now. Or else............BANNED!!!!

Jake @ Sep 11th 2007 9:32AM

Remove the ethernet cord from the machine, disable your router/modem, and cut the main line outside of your house. It's the only way to be sure they aren't watching.

NukeAssault @ Sep 11th 2007 10:24AM

I dont think it would matter. Even when you play off line once you sign in it will update and show when you played it.

Kye (NDF - Earth Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 11:40AM

Lmoa
Why stop there Jake? Why not just burn Microsoft down?

Is it just me though or does anyone else not like their console keeping tabs on what they play and for how long? whose to say it doesn't send this info somewhere?

NorCal05 @ Sep 11th 2007 1:18PM

NukeAssault...

just remove the hard drive before you play it (along with disconnecting the ethernet cable). If you want to save games, buy a memory card.

xXFenixKnight13Xx @ Sep 11th 2007 8:58AM

woo-sahhhhhhh........

konajinx @ Sep 11th 2007 9:01AM

Again, why do people mistake "blogging" for "journalism?" Yes, many journalists do blog, but in Joystiq's case...it's just blogging. Of course, your own post here may be tongue in cheek, but nevertheless other folks around here have made the same mistake.

Bottom line is it's an entertainment site, and having since joined whenever it was, I can definitely say I've gotten my time's worth from chicking it out multiple times daily.